The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Lu Yang; Xi Meihong

doi:doi:10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

| Peer-Reviewed

The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Lu Yang, Xi Meihong

Published in Journal of Business and Economic Development (Volume 7, Issue 3)

Received: 8 August 2022 Accepted: 4 September 2022 Published: 16 September 2022

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

Based on the city panel data of 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for digital economy from three levels: digital infrastructure, digital industry development and digital inclusive finance, and empirically studies the impact mechanism of digital economy on regional economic gaps from the spatial perspective using the spatial Dubin model (SDM) and mediation effect test method The regional heterogeneity test method was used to test the effect of digital economy on a regional economic gap. The research shows that the relationship between the digital economy and the regional economic gap has a significant spatial correlation, the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the expansion of the regional economic gap in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a negative spatial spillover effect, but there are regional differences in impact, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have the most significant inhibition effect, the middle reaches of the region the inhibition effect is not obvious, and the improvement of the digital economy level in the improvement of the digital economy level in the downstream areas has expanded the regional economic gap; The secondary industry agglomeration economy has a partial intermediary effect, and the proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development. The proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt regional coordination and narrowing the regional economic gap.

Published in	Journal of Business and Economic Development (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
Page(s)	86-99
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Yangtze River Economic Belt, Digital Economy, Regional Economic Disparities, Mediating Effects

References

[1]	Liu Yan. Regional economic disparity of industrial agglomeration: Guangdong as an example [J]. Jiangsu Business Theory, 2007 (08): 135-138.
[2]	Zhao Xiang. Industrial agglomeration, regional division of labor and regional economic disparity--an empirical analysis based on empirical data in China [J]. Jianghan Forum, 2013 (12): 71-78.
[3]	Yu, B. B., Yang, H. X., King Kong. Can industrial agglomeration improve regional economic efficiency? --A spatial econometric analysis based on Chinese urban data [J]. Journal of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 2015 (03): 121-130.
[4]	Wang Yijun. Financial Development, High-end Manufacturing Agglomeration and Regional Economic Development Gap - An Analytical Framework Based on New Economic Geography and Evidence from 31 Provinces and Cities in China [J]. Exploration of Economic Issues, 2017 (06): 129-137.
[5]	Zhang Yi. China's opening up to the outside world and regional income disparity-an empirical study based on inter-provincial panel data [J]. Technology Economics and Management Research, 2017 (07): 123-128.
[6]	JI Yahui, Cao Xigang. The impact of knowledge spillover of industrial agglomeration on regional economic disparity--a comparative study based on manufacturing and service industries [J]. China Science and Technology Forum, 2017 (12): 106-113. DOI: 10.13580/j.cnki.fstc.2017.12.012.
[7]	Zhan Yunqiu. A study on the effect of digital inclusive finance on the quantity and quality of economic growth--systematic GMM estimation based on provincial panel data [J]. Credit, 2018, 36 (08): 51-58.
[8]	Sheng Laiyun, Zheng Xin, Zhou Ping, Li Tuo. Analysis of the reasons for the widening gap between the north and south of China's economic development [J]. Management World, 2018, 34 (09): 16-24. DOI: 10.19744/j.cnki.11-1235/f.2018.09.002.
[9]	Dong, Youde, Mi, Shiaoxiao. Internet maturity, digital economy and Chinese outward direct investment-an empirical study based on panel data from 2009-2016 [J]. Shanghai Economic Research, 2019 (03): 65-74. DOI: 10.19626/j.cnki.cn31-1163/f.2019.03.006.
[10]	Luo Nensheng, Sun Lijie. The impact of transportation development on Regional economic disparity [J]. Urban Issues, 2019 (08): 5160. DOI: 10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.190806.
[11]	Chu, Erming, Cao, Ce. Does Talent Mobility Reduce Regional Economic Disparities-Empirical Evidence from Technology Transfer [J]. Finance and Economics Science, 2019 (09): 99-112.
[12]	Wu Fang. An empirical study on the impact of service industry agglomeration on regional economic disparity [J]. Business Economics Research, 2020 (03): 149-152.
[13]	Zhou Ling. Does inter-provincial capital mobility affect inter-regional economic disparities? [J]. Economic Issues, 2020 (03): 105-112. DOI: 10.16011/j.cnki.jjwt.2020.03.014.
[14]	Duan, Bo, Shao, Chuanlin, Duan, Bo. Has the digital economy exacerbated regional disparities? --Empirical evidence from 284 prefecture-level cities in China [J]. World Geography Research, 2020, 29 (04): 728-737.
[15]	Lv Chengchao, Song Jie. Has financial development narrowed the regional economic gap in China - based on relational data analysis paradigm [J]. The Economist, 2020 (09): 42-52. DOI: 10.16158/j.cnki.51-1312/f.2020.09.006.
[16]	Song Yang. Digital economy, technological innovation and high-quality economic development: based on provincial panel data [J]. Guizhou Social Science, 2020 (12): 105-112. DOI: 10.13713/j.cnki.cssci.2020.12.015.
[17]	Wang Dong. Research on the impact of digital economy development on employment - an empirical analysis based on data from some cities in China [J]. Price Theory and Practice, 2020 (12): 156-159. DOI: 10.19851/j.cnki.CN11-1010/F.2020.12.529.
[18]	Wang Baoshun, Xu Eishuang. Fiscal spending, regional economic disparity and dynamic growth convergence [J]. Journal of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 2021 (03): 48-57+90. DOI: 10.19639/j.cnki.issn1003-5230.2021.0029.
[19]	Li Xiaozhong, Li Junyu. A study on the impact of digital economy development on urban-rural income gap [J]. Agricultural Technology Economics, 2022 (02): 77-93. DOI: 10.13246/j.cnki.jae.20210916.005.
[20]	Gao C. G., Dai X. M., Ke Xuandao. The impact of transportation infrastructure on regional economic disparity from a whole life cycle perspective: transmission mechanism and empirical test [J]. Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), 2021 (06): 94-106. DOI: 10.19836/j.cnki.37-1100/c.2021.06.010.
[21]	Gold Fang. The impact of Internet development on regional economic disparity in the context of digital economy - based on the perspective of labor factor allocation [J]. Business Economics Research, 2021 (21): 167-171.
[22]	An, Meng, Zhang, Cheng. Can the development of digital economy enhance the efficiency of regional innovation in China [J]. Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), 2021, 42 (12): 99-108.
[23]	Han Min-Chun, Zhao Zebin. Research on the impact of industrial intelligence on regional economic disparity from the perspective of carbon emission constraint [J]. Industrial Technology Economics, 2022, 41 (01): 3-11.
[24]	Song Yuegang, Hao Xiazhen. Study on the threshold and spatial spillover effects of digital economy on the high-quality economic development of the Yellow River Basin [J]. Journal of Henan Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2022, 50 (01): 48-58. DOI: 10.16366/j.cnki.1000-2367.2022.01.005.
[25]	Ren, Xiaogang, Li, Guannan, Wang, Rui. Digital economy development, factor marketization and regional disparity changes [J]. China Circulation Economy, 2022, 36 (01): 55-70. DOI: 10.14089/j.cnki.cn11-3664/f.2022.01.006.
[26]	Chen, Yi-Hui, Hong, Bi-Yun. Research on the impact of digital economy on high-quality development of agriculture [J]. Technology Economics and Management Research, 2022 (02): 105-109.
[27]	Li F, Wang K, Zhao Y. Internet development and regional economic convergence--an analysis based on spatial measures [J]. Industrial Technology Economics, 2022, 41 (03): 145-152.
[28]	Li Yabo, Cui Jie. Study on the export quality effect of digital economy [J]. World Economic Research, 2022 (03): 17-32+134. DOI: 10.13516/j.cnki.wes.2022.03.006.
[29]	Zhu Lin, Luo Hongxiang. Characteristics, mechanism and empirical study on the impact of transportation infrastructure construction on regional economic disparity [J]. Journal of Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 2022, 38 (03): 31-45. DOI: 10.16537/j.cnki.jynufe.000772.
[30]	Trans E, Kitsos T, Ortega-Argilés R. The digital economy in the UK: regional productivity effects of early adoption [J]. Regional Studies, 2021, 55 (12): 1924-1938.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Lu Yang, Xi Meihong. (2022). The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Journal of Business and Economic Development, 7(3), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Lu Yang; Xi Meihong. The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. J. Bus. Econ. Dev. 2022, 7(3), 86-99. doi: 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Lu Yang, Xi Meihong. The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. J Bus Econ Dev. 2022;7(3):86-99. doi: 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13,
  author = {Lu Yang and Xi Meihong},
  title = {The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt},
  journal = {Journal of Business and Economic Development},
  volume = {7},
  number = {3},
  pages = {86-99},
  doi = {10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.jbed.20220703.13},
  abstract = {Based on the city panel data of 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for digital economy from three levels: digital infrastructure, digital industry development and digital inclusive finance, and empirically studies the impact mechanism of digital economy on regional economic gaps from the spatial perspective using the spatial Dubin model (SDM) and mediation effect test method The regional heterogeneity test method was used to test the effect of digital economy on a regional economic gap. The research shows that the relationship between the digital economy and the regional economic gap has a significant spatial correlation, the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the expansion of the regional economic gap in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a negative spatial spillover effect, but there are regional differences in impact, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have the most significant inhibition effect, the middle reaches of the region the inhibition effect is not obvious, and the improvement of the digital economy level in the improvement of the digital economy level in the downstream areas has expanded the regional economic gap; The secondary industry agglomeration economy has a partial intermediary effect, and the proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development. The proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt regional coordination and narrowing the regional economic gap.},
 year = {2022}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt
AU  - Lu Yang
AU  - Xi Meihong
Y1  - 2022/09/16
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
DO  - 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
T2  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
JF  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
JO  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
SP  - 86
EP  - 99
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2637-3874
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
AB  - Based on the city panel data of 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for digital economy from three levels: digital infrastructure, digital industry development and digital inclusive finance, and empirically studies the impact mechanism of digital economy on regional economic gaps from the spatial perspective using the spatial Dubin model (SDM) and mediation effect test method The regional heterogeneity test method was used to test the effect of digital economy on a regional economic gap. The research shows that the relationship between the digital economy and the regional economic gap has a significant spatial correlation, the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the expansion of the regional economic gap in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a negative spatial spillover effect, but there are regional differences in impact, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have the most significant inhibition effect, the middle reaches of the region the inhibition effect is not obvious, and the improvement of the digital economy level in the improvement of the digital economy level in the downstream areas has expanded the regional economic gap; The secondary industry agglomeration economy has a partial intermediary effect, and the proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development. The proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt regional coordination and narrowing the regional economic gap.
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Lu Yang

School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China
Xi Meihong

School of Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Lu Yang, Xi Meihong. (2022). The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Journal of Business and Economic Development, 7(3), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Lu Yang; Xi Meihong. The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. J. Bus. Econ. Dev. 2022, 7(3), 86-99. doi: 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Lu Yang, Xi Meihong. The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. J Bus Econ Dev. 2022;7(3):86-99. doi: 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13,
  author = {Lu Yang and Xi Meihong},
  title = {The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt},
  journal = {Journal of Business and Economic Development},
  volume = {7},
  number = {3},
  pages = {86-99},
  doi = {10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.jbed.20220703.13},
  abstract = {Based on the city panel data of 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for digital economy from three levels: digital infrastructure, digital industry development and digital inclusive finance, and empirically studies the impact mechanism of digital economy on regional economic gaps from the spatial perspective using the spatial Dubin model (SDM) and mediation effect test method The regional heterogeneity test method was used to test the effect of digital economy on a regional economic gap. The research shows that the relationship between the digital economy and the regional economic gap has a significant spatial correlation, the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the expansion of the regional economic gap in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a negative spatial spillover effect, but there are regional differences in impact, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have the most significant inhibition effect, the middle reaches of the region the inhibition effect is not obvious, and the improvement of the digital economy level in the improvement of the digital economy level in the downstream areas has expanded the regional economic gap; The secondary industry agglomeration economy has a partial intermediary effect, and the proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development. The proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt regional coordination and narrowing the regional economic gap.},
 year = {2022}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Economic Disparities -- Based on an Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt
AU  - Lu Yang
AU  - Xi Meihong
Y1  - 2022/09/16
PY  - 2022
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
DO  - 10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
T2  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
JF  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
JO  - Journal of Business and Economic Development
SP  - 86
EP  - 99
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2637-3874
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jbed.20220703.13
AB  - Based on the city panel data of 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2019, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for digital economy from three levels: digital infrastructure, digital industry development and digital inclusive finance, and empirically studies the impact mechanism of digital economy on regional economic gaps from the spatial perspective using the spatial Dubin model (SDM) and mediation effect test method The regional heterogeneity test method was used to test the effect of digital economy on a regional economic gap. The research shows that the relationship between the digital economy and the regional economic gap has a significant spatial correlation, the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the expansion of the regional economic gap in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and a negative spatial spillover effect, but there are regional differences in impact, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have the most significant inhibition effect, the middle reaches of the region the inhibition effect is not obvious, and the improvement of the digital economy level in the improvement of the digital economy level in the downstream areas has expanded the regional economic gap; The secondary industry agglomeration economy has a partial intermediary effect, and the proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development. The proportion of the intermediary effect to the total effect is 20.18%, which expands the research of the digital economy on the regional economic integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has certain reference significance for promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt regional coordination and narrowing the regional economic gap.
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
ER  -

Copy | Download